Curiosity Blog, Sols 4586-4587: Straight Drive, Strategic Science

Mars Science Laboratory Mission Team Members Jul 01, 2025 Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Earth planning date: Monday, June 30, 2025 Our weekend drive placed Curiosity exactly where we had hoped: on lighter-toned, resistant bedrock we have been eyeing for close study. Curiosity’s workspace tosol did not containContinue Reading

NASA’s Spanish-language Podcast Debuts Third Season

Lee esta nota en español aquí. NASA released the first episode Tuesday of its third season of Universo curioso de la NASA, the agency’s only Spanish-language podcast. Episodes focus on some of NASA’s top missions and research topics for 2025, bringing the wonder of exploration, space technology, and scientific discoveries to Spanish-speaking audiences around theContinue Reading

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“If the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be, could get involved — It would be good. There are tens of thousands of people on the line!”, (The Hill) — President Traitor 47 knocked AT&T after his conference call experienced glitches. “I’m doing a major Conference Call with Faith LeadersContinue Reading

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Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries are all the rage these days. Although they offer lower energy density than batteries based on NMC (lithium nickel manganese cobalt) chemistries, they tend to be cheaper, and their ingredients are more readily available, less toxic and less controversial. Automakers including Ford and Stellantis areContinue Reading

natrion-takes-orders-for-us-made-active-battery-separator

US-based battery technology company Natrion has begun accepting pre-orders for its first-generation flagship separator, which is designed to boost energy density, reduce costs and offer manufacturers a source of US-made products. The Gen-1 active separator, which uses Natrion’s lithium solid ionic composite (LISIC) technology, mitigates common Li-ion battery cell degradationContinue Reading

linux-app-release-roundup-(june-2025)

How the Jeff is it July, already?! Blink-and-you-miss-it June flew by, but did drop some notable Linux app releases (to act as blurred mile markers while we hurtle every-on). Among them, the redesigned ONLYOFFICE 9.0 generated a lot of opinion; the Flathub debut for Linux TIDAL client High Tide madeContinue Reading

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For Canada’s Birthday, the “Snowbirds” aerial demonstration team of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) made a special flyover in Ottawa. Earlier today, the unique team flew its Canadair C-114 Tutors over the Parliament Building in tight formation, celebrating the nation’s foundation day.Continue Reading